| Show 11 Broad v o s le I 1 Z I h hI I J t. I e I II I 4 t l e 4 e t 4 fx f fa a x JACK DEMPSEY f Play Proves Thin Stuff Until Last Few Minutes Min Min- utes When Manassa Mauler Delivers C K 0 to Battling Baker Audi ence Stands and Cheers nce 1 By United Press Sports Editor NEW NEWYORK YORK For two hours and a half The Big Fight which brought Jack Dempsey back to Broadway last night flight was was' tiresome tire tire- some melodrama For its lAst three minutes and a half half it was packed with thrills which brought blought the first night audi audi- whooping feet All the and drama and action ac- ac lion tion ot of a heavyweIght championship fight were packed Into the last few minutes ot of the otherwise s sorry rry little play In which Jack and his wife Estello Taylor are their first joint effort upon tile 1 legitimate st stage Dempsey lithe and brown and L grim brought an appreciative yell of delight from the audience whet when ITO stripped oft off his familiar white sweater and flannel trousers and an L stepped forth In the red and black trunks he wore in his last ring bat bat- tIes NEED MANY ACTORS I I And what Dempsey does to the B Baker ker of the play lay Is a caution The management of The Big advises us that tills part will be plaYed by relays ot of actors It is quite likely they will run out ot of actors sooner than or of cash customers for the knockout wallop which the the ex- ex champion shot over l last st st. night nl-ht was Continued on pa G 6 BROADW BROADWAY 1 WHO WHOOPS FINAL SCENE OF DEMPSEY DEMPS Y BATTLE E Continued from page I I. I closer closel to the real thing than many see seen in the ring it It took Dempsey about halt half a mInute mIn mm- ute o of the the s ond ro round nd ot of a trul truly stirring ous form of Ralph Smith who pla plays s 's the part of BattlIng Baker Balter inert aCross the s. s Smith Smith Jay Tay there as though happy happ that It was all over oyer In his ring days Jack at never learned to pull a punch and he apparently hasn't learned the art e ho he turned actor The play may not prove e a knock knock- out but It cert certainly ends in one and thOse who have ha been pointed over oyer missing bl big f can get all the thrills of t the best in the last Jast The T BIg Fight at th the Majestic theatre wl the play lay 1 i pre pretty ty t thin in stuff Estelle an actress to tIre fingertips she the pla plays s 's part ot of a a poor 1 lut ut t manicurist hits has broken her engagement to her l bel beloved Jack and Is is' is being d dby by teve f Logan who Js is in some ways a prototype ot of Jack Kearns s brother welchs on on ona a bet shoots a gangster assigned to guard him and gets H e anguished rn nl ni- ni Into the depths Qt despair To save her brother Estelle offers ol- ol fers that which her customers customer long have haye b bargained for and when uris pro proves e insufficient she consents to TIg r l' Dillon as Jack is named In the pla play just before h henters he enters the Just Jus in in tithe time however the orrin brother shoots the villain main and him him- self Et Estlle lIe faints i revived with the drug drugged d water and pass passes s out again while D se trams tramps down r the aisle in his old tattered batla- batla robe escorted by J rY the Gr Gree elc In person surrounded by bluecoats I an 1 cheered by a realistic fight I crowd winch course includes the audience lIe He dances across the ring for a quick hand handshake snake with lila glo glowering erinS' erinS And then from ot of the ring goes up up the piping familiar nasal cry of old Joe r l event fifteen rounds Introducing the he ch champion a of idol of the ring F FORGETS RG TS ITS IT'S ILAY AY Jack Dempsey slips ol off his path path- ath- ath lobe raises his t taped pett hands clasped In a gesture o of greeting made familiar fa- fa miller in a s score ore of famous ring battle The gloves are adjusted the ben bell tings and the audience forgets forgets for for- gets it is 15 at a play Sh bb old J t hook flashes ou out and a smacks home For the next few minutes t is- is isa real rell r a fight r something quite as entertaining on the stage or of the theatre The knockout knockout knock knock- out crashes home tempsey's Dempsey's giant foe on the can canvas and rolls rolIs over on n hIs back ChewIng on an unlit cigar and leaning on his gold headed ne Te Tex Rickard s the th enthusiastic enthusiastic audience last nIght M Men In stiff white shirt bosoms and women with ermine r ss ng theIr gleamIng gleaning glean gleam Ing b bare ris sn shoulders were IStah and Whooping lika mad You know young r ung feller said Tex I believe they'd pay another million to ome and nd s e that th there re Dempsey fight agaIn |
